Utah Republican Mike Lee is the Republican “doing the work” on criminal justice in the Senate, according to advocates. In an interview with BuzzFeed News, he insists a deal will get done and dismisses critics.

“This is the kind of thing that is extremely troubling. The only cautionary note that I would throw into the mix here, is that there has been some prehistory of people going into Planned Parenthood offices, and taping interchanges, and then editing them favorably to make a point.”

The Latino Victory Project, a Democratic-aligned fundraising group, on Saturday said that they will not work with the LIBRE Initiative after 24 hours of public and private complaints from Latinos on the left.

There’s no prevailing theme at the Movement for Black Lives convention in Ohio. But activists say the case of Sandra Bland underscores a problem in the movement: There is a lack of men speaking out on her behalf.

Building on a Supreme Court victory, Rep. David Cicilline and Sen. Jeff Merkley are introducing a bill Thursday to establish comprehensive nondiscrimination protections for LGBT people nationwide in housing, workplaces, schools, public accommodations, and more.

The ad touts Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson’s opposition to President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran and features a photoshopped image of President Obama shaking hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani — but the two have never met.

Expected to be introduced in Congress on Thursday, the bill aimed at expending LGBT protections also would build on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to say people could not be barred from places of public accommodations on the basis on their sex.